Ian Ingram
@ianingram.bsky.social
Artist/Roboticist/Animal. I build robots for animals and the landscapes and systems they live within. I also lead the Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. www.ianingram.org
The Woodiest, Nevermore-A-Matic, and other of my robots are included in Madeline Schwartzman’s new book, Alive, along with an excellent collection of the work of many fantastic artists, engineers, and scientists.
Review on Bookpage:
www.bookpage.com/reviews/aliv...
Review on Bookpage:
www.bookpage.com/reviews/aliv...
October 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Woodiest, Nevermore-A-Matic, and other of my robots are included in Madeline Schwartzman’s new book, Alive, along with an excellent collection of the work of many fantastic artists, engineers, and scientists.
Review on Bookpage:
www.bookpage.com/reviews/aliv...
Review on Bookpage:
www.bookpage.com/reviews/aliv...
Last week of the exhibition, AI Ecologies, at Artphy curated by @petervanderputten.bsky.social and Roland van Dierendonck. It includes two of my robots plus many other fantastic works e.g. a device that finds faces in grains of sand, a machine-constructed alphabet from the bark patterns of a tree.
September 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Last week of the exhibition, AI Ecologies, at Artphy curated by @petervanderputten.bsky.social and Roland van Dierendonck. It includes two of my robots plus many other fantastic works e.g. a device that finds faces in grains of sand, a machine-constructed alphabet from the bark patterns of a tree.
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Excited to share our new paper on genetic rescue in the Pacific pocket mouse! To conserve this endangered species, we sought to understand whether small populations at risk of outbreeding depression are better managed in isolation or with gene flow. @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fitness benefits of genetic rescue despite chromosomal differences in an endangered pocket mouse
Two-thirds of Earth’s species have undergone population declines, leaving many vulnerable to genomic erosion and inbreeding depression. Genetic rescue can boost the fitness of small populations, but p...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Excited to share our new paper on genetic rescue in the Pacific pocket mouse! To conserve this endangered species, we sought to understand whether small populations at risk of outbreeding depression are better managed in isolation or with gene flow. @science.org
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
AI Ecologies opens in two days at Artphy. The exhibition includes The Woodiest, a robot that, in the performance Nobody Told the Woodpeckers, explains climate change to woodpeckers.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
July 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
AI Ecologies opens in two days at Artphy. The exhibition includes The Woodiest, a robot that, in the performance Nobody Told the Woodpeckers, explains climate change to woodpeckers.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
AI Ecologies at Artphy opens in two weeks. I will have robots in the exhibition.
Curated by Peter van der Putten and Roland van Dierendonck.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
Curated by Peter van der Putten and Roland van Dierendonck.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
AI Ecologies - Kunsthal Artphy
Mens, natuur en AI in ontmoeting! Vorig jaar organiseerde Artphy haar eerste AI expo. Een nieuwe materie! (Zie ook De expo en de lezing). Een mooi begin! Nu verder. Met […]
www.artphy.nl
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
AI Ecologies at Artphy opens in two weeks. I will have robots in the exhibition.
Curated by Peter van der Putten and Roland van Dierendonck.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
Curated by Peter van der Putten and Roland van Dierendonck.
www.artphy.nl/2025/06/20/a...
I will have robots in this exhibition on AI Ecologies at Artphy: www.artphy.nl/2025/03/28/a...
07-2025 AI Ecologies - Kunsthal Artphy
Expositie AI Ecologies 06-07 t/m 30-08 Natuur, mens en technologie. Hoe leven mens, natuur en technologie samen, nu en in de toekomst? Hoe verandert de ontwikkeling van Artificiële Intelligentie onze ...
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June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I will have robots in this exhibition on AI Ecologies at Artphy: www.artphy.nl/2025/03/28/a...
When I was a youth, I ate many tiny, tiny shrimp. I found a good source of tiny, tiny shrimp recently and, eating them, have been thinking of them as krill and of myself as a whale. I drink them in water, press the water out through gaps between my teeth, and lick the filtered shrimp into my gullet.
March 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
When I was a youth, I ate many tiny, tiny shrimp. I found a good source of tiny, tiny shrimp recently and, eating them, have been thinking of them as krill and of myself as a whale. I drink them in water, press the water out through gaps between my teeth, and lick the filtered shrimp into my gullet.
I had Hedgehog going all the way and defeating Polar Bear in the final. I cannot resist supporting the underhedgehog.
Hedgehog, grateful for being overlooked and unnoticed, uncurls and on tiny adorable feet pitter patters into the leaf litter to search for termites away from the digging bear and exiting the field of battle #2025MMM
March 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I had Hedgehog going all the way and defeating Polar Bear in the final. I cannot resist supporting the underhedgehog.
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"We propose an alternative lightweight computer vision method for fish counting based on analyzing echograms"
Make everything a computer vision problem 😆
Cool study from @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social et al.
Might be more broadly applicable to PAM and acoustic behavior?
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Make everything a computer vision problem 😆
Cool study from @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social et al.
Might be more broadly applicable to PAM and acoustic behavior?
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Kai Van Brunt, Justin Kay, Timm Haucke, Pietro Perona, Grant Van Horn, Sara Beery
Counting Fish with Temporal Representations of Sonar Video
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05129
Counting Fish with Temporal Representations of Sonar Video
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05129
February 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We propose an alternative lightweight computer vision method for fish counting based on analyzing echograms"
Make everything a computer vision problem 😆
Cool study from @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social et al.
Might be more broadly applicable to PAM and acoustic behavior?
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
Make everything a computer vision problem 😆
Cool study from @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social et al.
Might be more broadly applicable to PAM and acoustic behavior?
#prattle 💬
#bioacoustics
We have two openings for stipended ugrad fellows at the Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
One is in CV/ML for field camera systems:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Second is in field device design (image or sound):
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
One is in CV/ML for field camera systems:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Second is in field device design (image or sound):
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Job opportunity at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Conservation Science Summer Fellow - Population Sustainability, Machine Learning - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
us242.dayforcehcm.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
We have two openings for stipended ugrad fellows at the Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
One is in CV/ML for field camera systems:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Second is in field device design (image or sound):
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
One is in CV/ML for field camera systems:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Second is in field device design (image or sound):
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
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Vocal communication in corvids: a systematic review. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... In our new paper we review 130 papers and summarise empirical evidence for socioecological factors affecting vocal communication, as well as evidence for vocal learning in different corvid species.
Vocal communication in corvids: a systematic review
Vocal communication is broadly distributed in a wide range of nonhuman animal species and is hypothesized to play an important role in mate attraction…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Vocal communication in corvids: a systematic review. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... In our new paper we review 130 papers and summarise empirical evidence for socioecological factors affecting vocal communication, as well as evidence for vocal learning in different corvid species.
When the earth is no longer a suitable home, the earthworms will transmogrify into beings better aligned with an increasingly plastic world.
January 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When the earth is no longer a suitable home, the earthworms will transmogrify into beings better aligned with an increasingly plastic world.
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This paper is a fantastic resource for researchers doing biodiversity monitoring, especially occupancy modeling. Check it out!
Congrats & thanks to @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social, @drpheebs.bsky.social, and other authors :)
Congrats & thanks to @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social, @drpheebs.bsky.social, and other authors :)
How do ecologists estimate occupancy in practice? https://nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecog.07402 #SDM
December 13, 2024 at 5:52 PM
This paper is a fantastic resource for researchers doing biodiversity monitoring, especially occupancy modeling. Check it out!
Congrats & thanks to @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social, @drpheebs.bsky.social, and other authors :)
Congrats & thanks to @ben-r-goldstein.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social, @drpheebs.bsky.social, and other authors :)
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I started to put together a starter pack for research in AI+Ecology, check it out and let me know if you would like to be added!
go.bsky.app/8zugFF6
go.bsky.app/8zugFF6
December 4, 2024 at 6:35 PM
I started to put together a starter pack for research in AI+Ecology, check it out and let me know if you would like to be added!
go.bsky.app/8zugFF6
go.bsky.app/8zugFF6
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🎯 How can we empower scientific discovery in millions of nature photos?
Introducing INQUIRE: A benchmark testing if AI vision-language models can help scientists find biodiversity patterns- from disease symptoms to rare behaviors- hidden in vast image collections.
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Introducing INQUIRE: A benchmark testing if AI vision-language models can help scientists find biodiversity patterns- from disease symptoms to rare behaviors- hidden in vast image collections.
Thread👇🧵
December 6, 2024 at 8:28 PM
🎯 How can we empower scientific discovery in millions of nature photos?
Introducing INQUIRE: A benchmark testing if AI vision-language models can help scientists find biodiversity patterns- from disease symptoms to rare behaviors- hidden in vast image collections.
Thread👇🧵
Introducing INQUIRE: A benchmark testing if AI vision-language models can help scientists find biodiversity patterns- from disease symptoms to rare behaviors- hidden in vast image collections.
Thread👇🧵
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Looks like a cool #bioacoustics gig
The Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has an opening for a postdoc from computer science or a related field with strong experience in machine learning to work on bioacoustics projects in ecology and conservation:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Job opportunity at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Post Doctoral Associate - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
us242.dayforcehcm.com
December 1, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Looks like a cool #bioacoustics gig
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If you're looking for bioacoustics tips and help, check out the #Bioacoustics Resource Page (run by Sam Lapp and the Kitzes Lab) - bit.ly/bioacoustics-resource-page
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
Bioacoustics Resource Page
Bioacoustics Resources A list curated by the Kitzes Lab hint: bookmark this page :) Educational Materials Workshops by the Kitzes Lab Lecture series from Computer Vision for Ecology workshop Class...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:39 PM
If you're looking for bioacoustics tips and help, check out the #Bioacoustics Resource Page (run by Sam Lapp and the Kitzes Lab) - bit.ly/bioacoustics-resource-page
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
It has links to tons of tutorials, datasets, software, forums, #AudioMoth info, and more
Reposted by Ian Ingram
Searching for #bioacoustics tools to classify species, organize data, triangulate sounds, ...? 🦉🐋🦇🦗
Check out the (newly updated) Bioacoustics Software Database! rhine3.github.io/bioacoustics...
Check out the (newly updated) Bioacoustics Software Database! rhine3.github.io/bioacoustics...
Bioacoustics Software Database
rhine3.github.io
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Searching for #bioacoustics tools to classify species, organize data, triangulate sounds, ...? 🦉🐋🦇🦗
Check out the (newly updated) Bioacoustics Software Database! rhine3.github.io/bioacoustics...
Check out the (newly updated) Bioacoustics Software Database! rhine3.github.io/bioacoustics...
A wee woodland robot called Lizardless Legs competes for territory with local lizards.
The robot’s body is reduced to the bare minimum necessary to execute the territorial push-up gesture the lizards use to claim their diminutive domains and to fight their bloodless ceremonial bobbing battles.
The robot’s body is reduced to the bare minimum necessary to execute the territorial push-up gesture the lizards use to claim their diminutive domains and to fight their bloodless ceremonial bobbing battles.
December 1, 2024 at 3:29 AM
A wee woodland robot called Lizardless Legs competes for territory with local lizards.
The robot’s body is reduced to the bare minimum necessary to execute the territorial push-up gesture the lizards use to claim their diminutive domains and to fight their bloodless ceremonial bobbing battles.
The robot’s body is reduced to the bare minimum necessary to execute the territorial push-up gesture the lizards use to claim their diminutive domains and to fight their bloodless ceremonial bobbing battles.
The Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has an opening for a postdoc from computer science or a related field with strong experience in machine learning to work on bioacoustics projects in ecology and conservation:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
Job opportunity at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance - Post Doctoral Associate - San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
us242.dayforcehcm.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
The Conservation Technology Lab at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has an opening for a postdoc from computer science or a related field with strong experience in machine learning to work on bioacoustics projects in ecology and conservation:
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
us242.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePor...
In Nobody Told the Woodpeckers, a robot called The Woodiest translates territorial drumming between closely related woodpecker species that might encounter each other for the first time due to habitat disruption. Then it explains anthropogenic climate change to them in Morse Code on the tree trunk.
November 22, 2024 at 6:33 PM
In Nobody Told the Woodpeckers, a robot called The Woodiest translates territorial drumming between closely related woodpecker species that might encounter each other for the first time due to habitat disruption. Then it explains anthropogenic climate change to them in Morse Code on the tree trunk.
A rat king is a mischief of rats entangled at the tails, forced to live every moment of their lives together.
In the installation Rat King, rats are re-embodied as robots entangled into the neglected spaces of the building that the rats call their home.
In the installation Rat King, rats are re-embodied as robots entangled into the neglected spaces of the building that the rats call their home.
September 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM
A rat king is a mischief of rats entangled at the tails, forced to live every moment of their lives together.
In the installation Rat King, rats are re-embodied as robots entangled into the neglected spaces of the building that the rats call their home.
In the installation Rat King, rats are re-embodied as robots entangled into the neglected spaces of the building that the rats call their home.
The feathery robotic being On Beyond Mother Goose has two dance partners to guide her pirouettes and tail flicks: her mate On Beyond Father Gander–far away yet mirroring her moves in perfect synchrony–and the Earth’s magnetic field that they both feel flow through the sensors at their core.
September 14, 2024 at 11:30 AM
The feathery robotic being On Beyond Mother Goose has two dance partners to guide her pirouettes and tail flicks: her mate On Beyond Father Gander–far away yet mirroring her moves in perfect synchrony–and the Earth’s magnetic field that they both feel flow through the sensors at their core.
The turtle’s eye at the boundary between water and air.
June 13, 2024 at 11:56 AM
The turtle’s eye at the boundary between water and air.
My collaboration with Theun Karelse, Deep Steward (2018-present), is included in the 2-year exhibition “Dutch, More or Less: Contemporary Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture” at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, opening this Friday, May 31st.
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May 29, 2024 at 6:01 AM
My collaboration with Theun Karelse, Deep Steward (2018-present), is included in the 2-year exhibition “Dutch, More or Less: Contemporary Architecture, Design, and Digital Culture” at Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, opening this Friday, May 31st.
nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/...
nieuweinstituut.nl/en/projects/...